San Jose airport fences passed inspection three weeks before teen's breach
Three weeks before a teenager climbed a fence at San Jose Mineta International Airport and stowed away in the wheel well of an airliner, the Transportation Security Administration inspected and approved the airport's fence line security.
The disclosure by TSA administrator John S. Pistole during testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday is likely to add increasing pressure for improvements to airport perimeter security around the nation.
"What if it was someone else with an explosive that got on that plane?" asked Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who grilled Pistole about the San Jose incident. "Hey, this is bad news." She added later, "You cleared them and that's troubling to me."
Pistole said the TSA has been working "almost nonstop" to find out what happened.
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